Letters

Letters: Let children drink

7 February 2026 9:00 am

Chagos stupidity Sir: To British Establishment watchers, Michael Gove’s dissection of the dubious and devious machinations of Jonathan Powell, Richard…

Letters: The Tories and Reform have little to unite them

31 January 2026 9:00 am

Class war Sir: Your leading article, ‘More in common’ (24 January), laments the ‘civil war’ between Reform and the Conservatives.…

Letters: A teacher’s lessons for Rod Liddle

24 January 2026 9:00 am

How to kill reading Sir: I am appalled by the response to Andrew Watts’s concerns about the teaching of reading…

Letters: The real reason Gen Z aren’t having sex

17 January 2026 9:00 am

No EU turn Sir: Before Dr Brian Mathew’s letter on ‘How to restore prosperity’ appeared (10 January), the FT printed…

Jack Rankin: No to Reform

10 January 2026 9:00 am

No to Reform Sir: Perhaps because I have been candid about the Conservative party’s failures in office, I am mooted…

Letters: Don’t let Labour kill off trail hunting

3 January 2026 9:00 am

Man with man to dwell Sir: Your editorial (‘All ye faithful’, 13-27 December) suggests that scepticism about Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s (Tommy…

Letters: Why I quit Your Party

13 December 2025 9:00 am

Party’s over Sir: My departure from Your Party, described as ‘disputed’ by Douglas Murray (‘Where was my invitation to Your…

Letters: How to clear the courts backlog – without scrapping juries

6 December 2025 9:00 am

Tried and tested Sir: Your otherwise excellent leading article opposing proposed restrictions on jury trials (‘Judge not’, 29 November) misses…

Letters: Britain’s energy policy is unsustainable

29 November 2025 9:00 am

Unsustainable energy Sir: Sir Richard Dearlove (‘Net cost’, 22 November) succinctly sums up the views of many of us who…

Letters: can you ever come back from Siberia?

22 November 2025 9:00 am

Cross channel Sir: As a supporter of the BBC, it pains me to say that Rod Liddle and Lara Brown…

Letters: The case for decriminalising cannabis

15 November 2025 9:00 am

Back to reality Sir: The harms caused by cannabis are not a result of a failure to police it properly…

Letters: Venezuela’s middle-class exodus

8 November 2025 9:00 am

Minimum requirement Sir: Some of Charles Moore’s observations about the minimum wage are pertinent (Notes, 1 November). However, what many…

Letters: The difficulties of reporting on Gaza

1 November 2025 9:00 am

Future proof Sir: Douglas Murray asks why Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech understated the problems (‘Imagine what Enoch Powell…

Letters: Trump’s true heir

25 October 2025 9:00 am

SEN and sensibility Sir: As a former teacher and long-standing chair of governors in a local school, I share Rosie…

Georgia Toffolo: In defence of my husband James Watt

18 October 2025 9:00 am

Rough justice Sir: The Church Commissioners’ plan to establish a £100 million (rising to £1 billion) fund for ‘reparative justice’…

Letters: Why shouldn’t we eat swan?

11 October 2025 9:00 am

Zero chance Sir: In Tim Shipman’s wide-ranging article on Kemi Badenoch (‘I have a lot of self-belief’, 4 October), she…

Letters: the Church of England still has something meaningful to say

4 October 2025 9:00 am

Moscow mule Sir: While visiting Russia, James Delingpole learned from the patriarchate’s press officer that under communism the Russian Church…

Letters: French universities still offer a proper education

27 September 2025 9:00 am

Unhappy Union Sir: John Power is correct about George Abaraonye, the president-elect of the Oxford Union (‘Violent opposition’, 20 September).…

Letters: The shale gas illusion

20 September 2025 9:00 am

The shale illusion Sir: Your leading article rightly makes the case for extracting as much of our North Sea resources…

Letters: White working-class pupils have been forgotten

13 September 2025 9:00 am

In the way of justice Sir: Robert Jenrick is right to suggest that, as well as leaving the European Convention…

Letters: I’ve earned my final salary pension

6 September 2025 9:00 am

Waning interest Sir: Michael Simmons correctly points out that the Treasury’s large-scale issuance of inflation-linked debt is adding heavily to…

Letters: Bring back the hotel bath!

30 August 2025 4:00 am

Moore problems Sir: Many years ago a colleague warned me that I was so impossibly uncool that one day I…

Letters: Village cricket is the highest form of the sport

23 August 2025 9:09 am

Fighting dirty Sir: John Power is very interesting (‘Dark matter’, 16 August) when outlining the ‘dark arts’ being proposed by…

Letters: Nigel Farage’s biggest weakness

16 August 2025 9:00 am

Bad friend Sir: Tim Shipman’s examination of Reform’s success in attracting female voters contains an important warning for Nigel Farage…

Letters: What Trump has got right

9 August 2025 9:00 am

Trumped up charges Sir: I am a huge admirer of Max Hastings, whose contribution to our knowledge and understanding of…